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More False Blood-Alcohol Tests

By Lawrence Taylor

I wrote a couple of months ago about a growing number of false blood-alcohol tests that had been discovered in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab.  At the time, about 1,000 tests were suspect, of which 82 had been confirmed as being falsely high.  See Hundreds in Denver Possibly Convicted with Falsely High Blood Tests.  The number of those falsely convicted continues to grow, with no end in sight…. Audit : Number of Inflated DUI Tests Has Doubled Colorado Springs, CO.  Jan. 30 - The number of flawed blood alcohol tests has doubled since a Colorado Springs Police Crime Lab internal audit last year discovered that some results were inflated, authorities said last week. Results in 167 DUI cases have been called into question, up from the initial 82 that were disclosed in December, according to 4th Judicial District Senior Deputy District Attorney Frederick Stein...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).